Combination undergarment for children



June 30, 1931. M.- BRAZZELL COMBINATION UNDERGARMENT FOR CHILDREN Filed Feb; 15. 1929 Patented June 30 MieRriinrnAzznnL, or s1". Louis, inssounr I coiiriinmrion nnnnnennmnlvrFor."cirrnnnniv Application filed February 15. 1929 Serial No. 3f10 )7 0.

,My i'nvention relates to-a combination 1m dergarment for children'of both sexes, and,

it is a distinct and practical improvement to overcome certa n practlcal ob ections to; and

in the waist line of the back portion of the pants portion of the garment'is buttoned to I theaforesai'dbuttons and-tea central button the back secured to the waist line portion of portion of the garment; V v r 1- A further object offthe-invcntion resides in the sewing-of the back portion of the garment to the chest portion of the garment at the shoulder portion of the two garmentsecs j tions acent the neck opening thereof. n 21A still further vobj ect of the invention is v the provisionof a combination undergarment for children :which possesses advantages; in points of simplicity and efficiency, and, at the 7 same time proves; itself comparatively ineX- force'ment, is sewed, asat l5,to the baek'por 'ensive in cost of manufacture. p I With the above and otherobjects in View,

. --the invention consists in the novel features of construction arrangement and combina tion of parts hereinafter more fully described and-finally pointed'outin'the claim hereto ap pended. v 1

'35 Referring to the'accompan'ying drawings?- formingia pa rt of this specification, :wherein like characters of reference. denote similar parts throughout the several views I Fig. 1 illustrates a front; elevation of a '10 garment embodying my invention the back body portion thereof being laid out flat. I

Fig. 2 illustrates a rear elevation garment when fully buttoned, thedotte d lines indicating the back body portion in its ex- I I i leg portionsofthedrawersaresewed'to thev tended position.

' Fig. 3is a rear elevation similar to Fig. 1,"

with the upper part ofthe rear pants portion folded over and downwardly Fig. 4 is a front elevatlonofthe garment.

1 Referring to the drawings, the reference of the numerals 1,51' designate apair of like gar v V ment portions which-are sewed together, as-at 2,, and provided-at each side' edge with a button carriedby a tape conne'ctionA, orits; equivalent. That portion of the garment portion '1," 1 above the buttons '3' and desigf nated 5 isthe chest or front body portion of an undershirt and; that portion of the I i ment portion .1; 1 below the buttons'3 and" in designated 6, is the '-"front p'0rtion of the? shortfront leg portions 7 ,7

7 drawers which terminatedownwardly inthe The upper edge of the chestpo'rti on-5,"5 v

the undershirt is cut out, thefront shoulder strap portions 9.

cutout, as at 11, to provide thebackshoulder The reference numeral 10' designates-the single backportion of the'undershirt and itis' i.

realitytheback portion 10- becomes moon 1 tinuation of the-chest portion 5 intne'nature;

the chest and backportions of tlieundershirt? provide a neck. r g' 1 3, as is apparent r F e-" th drawings.

Astripiof tape 14,101 tsequivalentreinQ 7 tion 10 near its free or lower edge 16 andit is 1 provided near-each end, at the corners of the back portion 1.0,fwithfthe button holes con ne 'ction 18, or itsequivalentji The reference numbersk19, 19 designate two like backdr-awer portions "which areswed 'j:

along their inn'eredges, as1at*2(),and which te minate downwardly therefrom inyi H short legportions 21.3 The'fifront and back leg portions of the drawersare provided with The 'outer longitudinal edges of as 'a crotch insertu 'portion 22;which-is sewed "to the-frontleg portion'siias' at23gandsewedto' vtheback: legportions,f-asQzit-24.

front leg ortions of 'the drawers, as at 25,

which sewing extendsfrom the lower-outside edges? of the back and front leg portions-of the drawers to a pointdesignatedf2 6,;thus

back drawer portions to act as a flap, which can be lowered.

The upper edge of the back drawer portions is provided with a suitable waist band 27. A button hole 28 is formed at each end of the waist band 27 for connection with the side buttons 3 which are connected to the side edges of the upper portion of the front drawer portions after the back portion 5 has been connected to these buttons.

The waist band 27 is further provided with a third button hole 29 located, preferably midway the ends of the waist band 27 for con nection with the button 18 of the back portion 5, thus it will be readily observed that the garment is only provided with three buttons and live button holes for detachably connecting the lower corners of the back portion of the undershirt to the outside edges of the front portion of the drawers and connecting the upper corners of the back portion of the drawers to the outside edges of the upper front portion of the drawers and for connecting the middle of the upper edge of the back portionof the drawers to the middle portion of the lower edge of the back portion of the undershirt portion of the combination undergarment.

The free outside edges of the combination undergarment are preferably taped, as at 30, although it may be hemmed, or reinforced in well known equivalent manners.

The lower edges of the leg sections of the drawers are preferably, although not necessarily provided with concealed elastics 31.

From the the foregoing description, it is evidentthat I provide a unit combination undergarment for children, that is a com bined undershirt and drawers wherein the back of the undershirt is a continuation of the chest portion thereof and designed for buttoned connection at its lower corners with the outside edges of the front part of the garment, preferably the drawer portion, and wherein there is provided an additional button connection for buttoning the middle of the upper back flap portion of the drawers to the lower edge of the back portion of the undershirt section of the garment. Thus, it will be readily appreciated that only three buttons are used in connection with my combination undergarment for children, yet providing a garment which is comparatively easy to manufacture, easy to get into, and easy to get out of owing to the fact that only three buttons are to be contended with, and these so located that any child can readily button and unbutton the garment, as two of them are located to the side of the garment at the waist line and one at the middle of the back of the garment. I

It will be readily understood that as the outside edges of the front and back of the undershirt portion of the garment are not connected, excepting by the side edge button connections, that the arm holes are provided whenever these side button connections are made, thus the garment has large free arm holes which will in no way bind upon the child.

The many advantages of the herein de scribed invention will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

From the foregoing description, it is evident that a simple garment for this purpose has been disclosed, but it is to be understood that I do not desire to restrict, or limit myself to the very details of the construction shown and described, which is merely illustrative, it being obvious that changes, not involving the exercise of invention, may be made without conflicting or departing from the spirit of the invention within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A combination undergarment for children comprising a pants portion and a waist portion, the front part of the waist portion being continuous with the front part of the pants portion and the back part of the waist portion being continuous with the front waist portion and said front and back waist portions being provided with a neck opening, the upper half of the back part of the pants portion being non-connected to the front part of the pants portion to provide a flap portion, the lower corners of the back waist portion being provided with button holes, a pair of buttons connected with the side edges of the upper front part of the pants portion for the button holes at the lower corners of the back waist portion, the upper corners of the flap portion of the back part of the pants portion being provided with button holes for the same buttons as the corner button holes of the back part of the waist portion, the upper edge of the flap portion of the back part of the pants portion being provided with a button hole midway the corner button holes thereof and a button sewed to the lower edge portion of the back part of the waist portion midway the corner button holes thereof for the button hole midway the corner button holes of the back flap portion.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature.

MARTHA BRAZZELL. 

